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<blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 784985" data-attributes="member: 990"><p>Well, since one of my players is my husband, I would hope that we're friends! Two of the other players I knew before, since we work for the same organization, but we were acquaintances more than friends. That has changed, and we socialize outside of the game now. The fourth current player is really more of an acquaintance--I don't actually even know exactly what he does for a living--but we had been getting invited to the same parties for a year or so before he started playing in my game. And now he's dating one of my closest friends, so I guess I'll be getting to know him better over time.</p><p></p><p>Then there's Stone Angel from these forums, who will be coming to my next session! Right now we're only virtual acquaintances, but I'm sure we'll end up as friends. The funny thing is that we both ended up playing in Alsih2o's Tuesday night online game. Small world.</p><p></p><p>But back to the original question. When I have advised posters to find another group to play with, it's usually because the treatment they have been getting from the other people around the table clearly demonstrates that those "friends" are anything but. Friends treat each other with kindness and respect. They talk things through instead of ranting and raving. And they certainly don't act so selfishly as to ruin their friends' fun.</p><p></p><p>So the bottom line for me is, yeah, everyone I play with is a friend. 'Cause we all do those things for each other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buttercup, post: 784985, member: 990"] Well, since one of my players is my husband, I would hope that we're friends! Two of the other players I knew before, since we work for the same organization, but we were acquaintances more than friends. That has changed, and we socialize outside of the game now. The fourth current player is really more of an acquaintance--I don't actually even know exactly what he does for a living--but we had been getting invited to the same parties for a year or so before he started playing in my game. And now he's dating one of my closest friends, so I guess I'll be getting to know him better over time. Then there's Stone Angel from these forums, who will be coming to my next session! Right now we're only virtual acquaintances, but I'm sure we'll end up as friends. The funny thing is that we both ended up playing in Alsih2o's Tuesday night online game. Small world. But back to the original question. When I have advised posters to find another group to play with, it's usually because the treatment they have been getting from the other people around the table clearly demonstrates that those "friends" are anything but. Friends treat each other with kindness and respect. They talk things through instead of ranting and raving. And they certainly don't act so selfishly as to ruin their friends' fun. So the bottom line for me is, yeah, everyone I play with is a friend. 'Cause we all do those things for each other. [/QUOTE]
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